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Corolla alba (ex Kerr), 2'5 cm. longa, distincte bilabiata ; labium 

 superum oblongum, apice emarginatum, 1*5 cm. longum, 8 mm. 

 latum, utrinque superne pilosulum et intra basi pilosum, inferum vix 

 ad medium 3-lobatum, lobis superne utrinque pilosulis. Filamenta 

 circiter 1*4 cm. longa, inferne barbata ; antherae biloculares, loculo 

 quoque basi calcarato. Stylus inferne ut ovarium parce pubescens. 

 -Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 440. , 



Near Muang Phre, 300 m., Kerr, 993. 



Lao name, Dauk Mohlah (ex Kerr). 



Justicia chlorantha, Craib, ab affini J. flaccida, Kurz, petiolis 

 baud alatis, inflorescentia spiciformi plerumque simplice, floribus 

 multo minoribus facile distinguenda. 



Caules circiter 6 dm. alti, basi lignosi, primo unilateraliter 

 pubescentes, mox glabri, subvirides, striati. Folia late ovata, 

 ovato-oblonga vel ovato-lanceolata, apice acuminata, obtusiuscula, 

 basi rotundato- vel fere truncato-cuneata, 10-2 1'5 cm. longa, 

 5'7-10'5 cm. lata, membranacea, utrinque fere glabra, supra sicco 

 viridia, subtus pallidiora, nervis lateralibus utrinque 9-10 supra 

 conspicuis subtus prominentibus, nervis transversis pagina utraque 

 conspicuis ; petioli foliorum oppositorum parum inaequales, ad 

 6'5 cm. longi, supra canaliculati et pilis crispis brunneis in lineas 

 duas dispositis instructi. Cymae oppositae, in racernum termiualem 

 spiciformem plerumque simplicem 10-17 cm. longum internodiis 

 infinis 3 cm. longis dispositae ; pedunculus communis circiter 4 cm. 

 longus, ut rhachis unilateraliter crispatim pubesceus ; bracteae 

 bracteolaeque parvae. Calyx 2 mm. longus, lobis 5 acutis ciliolatis. 

 Corolla viridis (ex Kerr), 5'5 mm. longa ; labium posticum erectum, 

 emarginatum, anticum 3-lobatum. Stamina subinclusa. Capsula 

 oblonga, circiter 1 cm. longa, inferne in stipitem contracta, parce 

 pubescens. Semina depresso-globosa, circiter 2 mm. diametro, 

 verrucosa. 



Men Ping Rapids, Ban Kaw, in mixed jungle, Kerr, 2023. 



Justicia decumbens, Craib, ab J. flaccida, Kurz, petiolis haud vel 

 vix alatis facile distinguenda. 



Caules decumbentes, nodis in ferioribus radicantes, primo bifaci- 

 aliter pubescentes, mox glabri. Folia elliptica vel ovato-lanceolata, 

 apice acuminata,, obtusa, basi attenuata, 6-18 cm. longa, 2-6' 5 cm. 

 lata, membranacea, utrinque fere glabra, supra lineolata, subtus 

 pallidiora, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 supra conspicuis, 

 subtus prominulis, nervis transversis utrinque conspicuis, petiolis ad 

 4 cm. longis supra canaliculatis parce pubescentibus suffulta. 

 Panicula terminalis, ei J. flaccidae similis ; bracteae bracteolaeque 

 parvae. Calyx 2 mm. longus, lobis lineari-lanceolatis acutis 

 ciliolatis. Corolla alba nisi labio antico purpureo-picta (ex Kerr), 

 1*5 cm. longa ; labium posticum erectum, anticum breviter 3-lobatum. 

 Stamina 2, subinclusa. 



Chiengmai, Doi Kum, bj stream, 330 m., Kerr, 1658. 



Justicia diffusa, Willd. F.B.I., iv. p. 538. J. diffusa, Willd., 

 var. orbiculata, Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 436, pro 

 parte ; Hosseus, Engler Bot. Jahrb., xli. p. 71, pro parte. 



Anhin, Scliomburfjk, 253, 



